Indicating device.



o. N. WISNER. IANDIGATING DEVICE. AYPPLIOATION FILED JAN, 31, 1910.

C. N. WISNER.

INDIGATING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED 51111.31, 1910.

983, l 90, Patented .13.11.31, 1911.

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INDICATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 31, 1910. Serial No. 541,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, CLARK N. lVisNnn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee, have made certain new and useful improvements in indicatingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for indicating stock quotations, and itconsists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereindescribed and claimed.

in object of my invention is to provide a device which may bemanipulated by an operator at a central station so as to display visiblesigns for indicating values and locations, thereby dispensing with thenecessity of the customary ticker now used in most brokers oflices.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple form ofapparatus for accoinplishing'tlie above named results.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part ofthis application in which similar reference charac ters indicate likeparts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of myindicating device, Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, theindicating wheels being shown in full lines, Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view of the operating portion of the magnet, Fig. 4t is a viewshowing the driving mechanism, Fig. 5 is a View showing a modified form,and Fig. G is a reduced front view of the device. i

In carrying out my invention I provide a box or casing 1 which isdivided by a partition 2 into two compartments, see Fig. 2. ln each ofthese compartments is pivotally mounted a wheel, such as that shown at 3and 1- This wheel may be made of any suitable material but is preferablyof light metal, such as sheet metal, as shown in the figure. On theperiphery of each wheel is a series of numbers 5, ranging from Zero tonine. The construction of both wheels being the. same, a description ofone will suflice. The wheel 3 as shown in Fig. 2 is mounted on a shaft 6which is provided at its end with a pulley 7. The exterior portion ofthe wheel is provided with an outwardly projecting flange S.

On the exterior of the casing 1 is mounted a series of magnets 9, sceFig. 1, there being ten of these magnets as shown in the figure. Themagnets may be arranged in an involute curve as shown in Fig. 1, or theymaybe arranged at equal distances from the shaft 6 as shown in Fig. 5.Each magnet is secured to the outer side of the casing adjacent anopening 10, and the core 11 of the magnet projects into the opening. Gnthe inside of the casing adjacent the opening 10 is pivotally mounted anarmature 12 having an inwardly turned end 13, normally held by thespring 1-1 away from the flange S on the wheel 3, but adapted to bebrought into the path of the flange 8 when the opposite end of thearmature is attracted toward the polcpiece 11. Each of these magnets isconnected with its individual key K in the central station so that whenthe key is depressed the magnet will be energized, throwing the armatureforward.

The wheel is turned by means of the power device shown in Fig. et. Thisconsists of a casing 15 bearing a pulley 16 which is connected with thepulley 7 by means of a belt 17. The shaft 18 of the pulley 16 bears agear 19 meshing with a larger gear 20. The shaft 21 of the latter bearsa large pulley 22 upon which is wound the cord 23 of a weight 24. Itwill be seen that the train of gears thus arranged will cause the wheel3 to revolve when it is left free to move and that a short movement ofthe weight will cause a number of revolutions of the wheel.

The face of the indicating device is similar to that shown in Fig. 6.There are two openings 25 and 2G for the figures on the number wheels.Above the openings 25 and 26 are the openings 27 and 28. The electriclamps 29 and 30 project into the openings and may be of a particularcolor such as red, while the lamps 31 and 32 projecting toward the lamps29 and 30 respectively, may be of another color, such as blue. A similarpair of openings and are provided with the blue lamps 35 and 3G and thered lamps 37 and 3S.

From the foregoing description of" the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The driving train is woundup and the wheels arc set going, the central operator noting thequotations, presses the but-tons or keys corresponding to these figures;thus in Fig. 6 the key 9 on one wheel andl on the other is depressed.The magnets corresponding with rammed aan. si, reir these keys areoperated and when the flange -lS comes into contact with the ends of thearmatures the wheel is stopped with t-he figures 9 and l in position,thereby indicating a value of 91. The different lights may besimultaneously operated so that, for inA stance, when 'the light 37 islighted in connection with the gure 91 it indicates March cotton at theNew Orleans market is 91. If the light 36 is flashed it indicates thathlay cotton at New Orleans is 91. It is obvious, that the other lightsmay be made to indicate quotations obtaining` at other ports, as forinstance, N ew York or Liverpool or different months. I have designatedthe colors as red and blue or they may obviously be any color toindicate a desired market, month, etc. As soon as the magnet circuit isbroken the wheels begin to revolve again and they will revolve until thearmature of the opera-tor magnet strikes the stop flange. A plurality ofthese devices may be run from one key set made by connecting certainmagnets having' similar positions with the same key thereby bringing thesame indicating numeral before the opening when the key is depressed.

I am aware that other forms of the device based upon the same generalidea might be made, but I consider as my own all such modifications asfall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

l. An indicating device comprising a casing provided with an opening,indicating wheels therein provided with numbers on their peripheries, aseries of magnets secured to the exterior' of said casing, individualarmatures therefor, and a stop member carried by each wheel and adaptedto be engaged by said armatures for stopping the wheel in apredetermined position.

2. An indicating device comprising a casing provided with an opening,indicating wheels therein provided with numbers on their peripheries, aseries of magnets secured to the exterior of said casing, armaturesypivotally mounted on the interior of said casing, a flange carried byeach of said wheels and adapted to be engaged by said armatures, powerdevices for rotating each ot' said wheels and an electric circuitconnecting each magnet with an individual key for energizing the magnetto stop the wheel in a. predetermined position.

CLARK NOBLE VISNER.

lVitnesses JAKE LEVY, IV. H. TAYLOR.

